Why did Émile Durkheim believe that religion was useful for human societies?
A) Durkheim felt that religions allowed our desires to be expressed in totems and repressed our baser instincts.
B) Durkheim believed that religion, as mythology, provided a social place for science.
C) Durkheim held that religion ties communities together through a common belief in Divine judgment.
D) Durkheim argued that religion has the function of cohering a society by ensuring that people meet regularly to affirm common beliefs and values.
E) Religion, according to Durkheim, allows the strong to assert ideological power over the weak, which leads to societal advancement and evolution.
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